ETHANIEL (NATHANIEL) BRUCE LUNSFORD
FORFEITED LAND DEED
FROM
STATE OF
Deed Book 32,
Pages
117 - 118
STATE OF
TO FORFEITED
LAND DEED
N.B. LUNSFORD
NO.
7328. STATE OF
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME - GREETING:
KNOW YE THAT, WHEREAS, BY ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF
ARKANSAS, ENTITLED “ AN ACT TO REGULATE THE DONATION OF FORFEITED LANDS,” APPROVED APRIL 4, 1887, AND THE ACT
AMENDATORY THEREOF MARCH 3, 1891, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE LANDS FOR THE
STATE OF ARKANSAS DID GRANT HIS DONATION CERTIFICATE, DATED THE 18TH
OF JULY, 1914 AND NUMBERED 400/8 TO AND IN FAVOR OF N.B. LUNSFORD FOR THE
FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LANDS, IN THE COUNTY OF CROSS STATE OF ARKANSAS, TOWIT:
PARTS OF SECTION
AND
THE SAID N.B. LUNSFORD HAVING FILED
THE CERTIFICATE OF THE COUNTY SURVEYOR AND THE PROOF OF IMPROVEMENT, IN MANNER
AND FORM AS REQUIRED BY LAW, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISIONER OF STATE LANDS,
WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW AND IT APPEARING THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE
LAW HAVE BEEN IN GOOD FAITH COMPLIED WITH, THE SAID N.B. LUNSFORD IS ENTITLED TO A DEED, CONVEYING ALL THE RIGHT, TITLE
AND INTEREST OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS IN AND TO THE LANDS DESCRIBED IN THE SAID
CERTIFICATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM B. OWEN,
COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE LANDS FOR THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, FOR AND IN BEHALF OF
SAID STATE, AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE PREMISES, HAVE GRANTED, BARGAINED, SOLD
AND CONVEYED AND BY THESE PRESENTS DO GRANT, BARGAIN, SELL AND CONVEY TO THE
SAID N.B. LUNSFORD AND TO HIS HEIRS AND ASSIGNS, ALL THE RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST
IN AND TO THE TRACTS OF LAND HEREINBEFORE DESIGNATED.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE SAME AS NOW HELD BY
THE STATE, TOGETHER WITH THE APPURTENANCES THERETO BELONGING TO SAID N.B. LUNSFORD AND TO HIS HEIRS AND
ASSIGNS FOREVER.
IN
TESTIMONY, WHEREOF, I, WILLIAM B. OWEN, COMMISSIONER OF STATE LANDS FOR THE
STATE OF ARKANSAS, HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF SAID OFFICE
TO BE AFFIXED, IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ON THE 18TH DAY OF AUGUST 1917.
{SEAL}
WILLIAM
B. OWEN
COMMISSIONER OF STATE LANDS
BY A.H.
GLASSCOCK, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER.
FILED
FOR RECORD AUGUST 22, 1917 AND RECORDED AUGUST 23, 1917
W. W. STACY, CLERK
BY MARK STACY, D. C.
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